Once read you could order a "new" Camaro 69 fitted with "modern" engine and tranny. Does anyone have a link to any sites where I can read more about it?

The cars are being sold by Unique Performance - www.uniqueperformance.com

Here is a past thread discussing them - http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=64050&highlight=foose

If I understand the thread correctly, this Camaro is made up from old shells and new parts. The 69 I was thinking about is a convertible made up from "new" parts and the interior look the way they did in 69, not like ET's space ship.
If I'm not totally wrong, the company was based in LA (like many other makers and builders)
The price for that Camaro was around $40k

Swede -

I think you are thinking of this one.

http://www.classicautomotiverestoration.com/manufacturing.html

I spent more than an hour looking at the casr and talking to Jim Barber of CARS at the Carlisle GM show. Their 'base' turnkey cars use an LS1 drivetrain. Very nice cars, very well built.

If I'm not totally wrong, the company was based in LA (like many other makers and builders)


How 'bout NC...
You may be refering to Corbett's Auto page on the costs of doing a 69 Shell or project - http://www.corbettsauto.com/1969_camaro_new_body_parts.htm

"The price for that Camaro was around $40k"
A new 69 'Vert for @$40 sounds like a pipe dream to me :D
but, I've been wrong many times before... ;)

John -

If I recall my talk with Jim Barber correctly, it was more like $60-75K for an LS1 car, depending on interior selection, suspension, etc. It was way above my paygrade, so I didn't write it down.

How 'bout NC...
You may be refering to Corbett's Auto page on the costs of doing a 69 Shell or project - http://www.corbettsauto.com/1969_camaro_new_body_parts.htm

"The price for that Camaro was around $40k"
A new 69 'Vert for @$40 sounds like a pipe dream to me :D
but, I've been wrong many times before... ;)

Just to clarify, the $30K - $40K is just a partial parts list, and does not include labor. This is for EVERYTHING NEW, a more economical solution would be to rebuild original components and build it yourself, or a combination of all the above.....

The main thing is not to settle for someone elses dream, build it to suit yours!!:)

Eric is right. The link to: http://www.classicautomotiverestoration.com/manufacturing.html is what I was looking for.

I think we have to look at the differencies between the cost of cars, and parts, in Sweden compared to the cost of cars in the US.

To start with, $40k is equal to about 300.000 Swedish Kronas (which is just a bit more than a well paid worker would earn in a year, pre tax, in Sweden).
Looking at the adds in Swedish papers, you can buy a good looking, restored 1967 'vert for appr. 240.000. The difference between the "new" 69 and a restored (NOT original or matching #'s) 1967 vert is somewhere around the $10k mark.

Now - if I were to buy a car in the states and bring it here, I'd have to pay import duties and tax and the cost would be too high to even think of, unless it's a rust bucket or a resto car. Buying a decent one in Sweden, you would have to spend $$$$ in resto cost etc in order to make it the way you'd want it.
Buying a $40k "new" 69 vert in the US, I could then ship it in as parts NOT having to pay any of the above taxes and associated fees. It would then be registered as "home made" or "home build" vehicle - still fetching a lot of $ on the market here, should I decide to sell it.

All above is ofcourse for debate only since I have my 67 vert (and loving it). But somewhere along the line...there is a dream in the back of my head!